August 2014

An international panel set up by the Singapore government in March to study transboundary pollution issues, including the haze, has submitted its report.
The panel was co-chaired by Professor S Jayakumar, former Singapore deputy prime minister, and Professor Tommy Koh, Singapore’s Ambassador-at-Large. It also consulted law...

Singapore’s new haze law will give a strong impetus to the sharing of concession maps by agroforestry firms, as the onus is now on them to prove their innocence in the event that they are accused of causing transboundary haze.
Furthermore, companies that refuse to volunteer...

POWER PLAY: The New Dynamic of Business and Investment
Opening Remarks
by Associate Professor Simon Tay, Chairman, Singapore Institute of International Affairs
Your Excellencies, SIIA members, ladies and gentlemen: Good morning and welcome to the ASEAN and Asia Forum 2014. Thank you for taking time to be with...

2On 1 August 2014, the Singapore Institute of International Affairs held the seventh installment of our annual ASEAN and Asia Forum(AAF). The conference aims to promote awareness about ASEAN and international affairs, building upon the institute’s connections to both the public and private sector to create...

ASEAN has to tread carefully or risk being the passive subject caught in between major powers
MEDIA RELEASE
7th ASEAN and Asia Forum
Singapore, 1 August 2014 – ASEAN must remain neutral as it receives unprecedented attention from its biggest neighbours, China and Japan, top officials and business leaders...